Zhang Yimou's spy debut "On the Cliff" has been hot at the box office since its release, and the filming location in the film is also out of the circle, and people have stepped into the dusty Central Avenue, the Middle East Railway Garage, and the Lin Hai Snow Field with the development of the storyline, and embarked on the road when the revolutionary martyrs came.
This winter, the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism launched three major ice and snow tourism theme products, 148 destinations, five ice and snow tourism cities, five major ice and snow tourism festivals, six ice and snow tourism routes, and fifteen ice and snow tourism must-visit places. "On the Cliff", as one of the ice and snow tourism routes, starts from the fairy tale world snow country, crosses the century-old town of Hengdao Hezi, walks through the ice city of Harbin, and unlocks the new way of ice and snow tourism.
Route node: Xuexiang - HengdaoHezi - Harbin
Reference time: 4 days and 3 nights
Movie "On the Cliff"
Key recommended scenic spots:
1. Snow Town, China
The snow country under the lens of the movie is a battlefield where warriors walk through the forest sea, climb the ice and lie in the snow, and fight tenaciously. Today's snow country is a fairy tale world that will linger. Listen to the sound of snowflakes falling, admire the rime, watch the "snow mushroom" house, watch the quiet village rise up in the cooking smoke, eat a steaming northeast stew, participate in the lively bonfire party, feel the cold wind baptism of minus 30 degrees, and come to the snow town to satisfy all the fantasies of the "north country".
"Summer without three sunny days, winter snow in the forest", the snow town has a peculiar microclimate, nearly 7 months of snow period, up to 2 meters deep snow, under the action of the wind with the shape of things, a variety of shapes, is a natural ice and snow wonderland. With its irreproducible natural beauty and perfect service facilities, Xuexiang has become a business card of ice and snow tourism in Longjiang and even the whole country.
2. Yokodo Hezi Russian style town
Hengdao Hezi in the movie is the focus of the struggle between the enemy and us on the espionage front, and now the historical imprint is still there, founded in 1897, Hengdao Hezi Town, born of the construction of the Middle East Railway, the original site of the only orthodox church with an all-wood structure in China, is a famous historical and cultural town in China and a famous tourist town with national characteristic landscapes.
Hengdao Hezi Russian Style Town Scenic Area is located in the old neighborhood of Hengdao Hezi Town, and there are 256 Existing Russian-style buildings. It is the town with the richest historical and cultural heritage and the most well-preserved status along the Middle East railway line. Leisurely afternoon time is the most suitable for wandering in the town, with three or five friends in the Russian café to taste the hot Moga Gaba, into the Russian oil painting museum and art masters over the air dialogue, open the door of the "Yokodo Memory" exhibition hall, witness a hundred years of history, or in the nesting doll workshop, "Impression Lin Hai Snow Field" cultural and creative factory to experience the fun of handicraft, give the soul a holiday.
3. Harbin Central Street
The most frequently featured in the film is Harbin Central Avenue, a pedestrian street built in 1898 that brings together the most influential architectural genres in the history of Western architecture, such as the Renaissance style of the 15th to 16th centuries in Europe, the Baroque style of the 17th century, the eclectic style of the 18th century and the Art Nouveau style of the 19th century, which has been awarded the title of "Museum of Architectural Art" by the state and the "United Nations Architectural Achievement Award" by the United Nations.
Stroll through the old street, walk on the bread stones worth thousands of dollars, hold the century-old Madier popsicle in your hand, and look at the scenery as far as the eye can see. Every building and every scenery here has been polished over the years, witnessing countless hidden stories of that bloody era and becoming an enduring Internet celebrity punch card. Central Avenue not only retains the European style of the early 20th century, but also becomes the epitome of the bustling urban life of modern Harbin people.
4. Asia Cinema
The "intelligence transit station" Asia Cinema in the film, founded in the early 19th century, is one of the early luxury cinemas in China, which has a history of more than a hundred years, in the last century, the Asia Cinema has screened many Hollywood blockbusters, in "On the Cliff", the cinema door is posted with a poster of Chaplin's classic "Gold Rush", and the Asia Cinema in the movie evokes the memories of many "old Harbin people".
5. Northeast Martyrs Memorial Hall
The Police Department in the film is now the Northeast Martyrs Memorial Hall, which preserves bits and pieces about that glorious period. In the past, like the task squad in "On the Cliff", countless revolutionary martyrs went deep into the tiger's den on the hidden front, shouldered the vanguard force of resisting aggression, and paid a terrible price for the great revolutionary faith. Every exhibit in the pavilion reminds us how hard it is to live happily ever after.
6. Central Bookstore (Commercial Bookstore)
The business bookstore that promotes the development of the film plot is still standing on the central street, becoming the central bookstore that enriches people's spiritual world, the central bookstore has a strong humanistic feeling, stepping into it, some people hold the books and read carefully, some people carefully select between the shelves, the air is filled with a faint fragrance of books, telling the past of this city that has experienced vicissitudes to passers-by.
7. Harbin Madier Hotel
In Russian, Madier means modern fashion, and through the lens of "On the Cliff", we can also see that it is indeed a luxury hotel that combines modern fashion, and even after a hundred years of ups and downs, it is still a super high-value punch card mecca.
The Madier Guest House was founded in 1906, and its simple and smooth brick-concrete structure and luxurious interior decoration have made it known as a representative work of Art Nouveau architecture.
Beyond the film lens, the city of Harbin has given birth to China's first brewery, China's first symphony orchestra, China's first ski resort, China's first cinema, China's first ice lantern garden party, China's first ice and snow festival... It is the world's famous music capital, an international ice and snow tourism city and the capital of Chinese western food. There are also fascinating Chinese Baroque, Sophia Church, Kanto Ancient Alley... The thick history and culture blend with modern fireworks here, giving birth to a dazzling "pearl on the crown of ice and snow".
Food recommendations
1. Pot wrapped meat
Which pot bun meat is stronger? Harbin is the most authentic! Harbin's pot bun meat is sweet and sour, famous throughout the country, this famous dish originated in the late Qing Dynasty, Harbin Binjiang Dao Yamen (also known as "DaotaiFu") often feasted on foreign guests, Master Zheng Xingwen changed the original salty and fresh taste of "charred meat strips" into a more in line with the taste of the Russians sour and sweet taste, which has become one of Harbin's "signature dishes" to this day.
2. Russian-style Western food
A hundred years ago, due to the construction of the Middle East Railway, a large number of Russians came to Harbin to invest in business, Harbin became a famous international commercial port, but also brought Russian Western food culture, and now by the China Hotel Association awarded "China's Western Food Capital". Walking in the streets and alleys of Harbin, you can see Russian-style Western restaurants everywhere, tasting cans of braised beef, fried plate shrimp, red cabbage soup, mandarin fish with grilled milk sauce, Russian-style sour cucumber, smoked salmon... Authentic Russian signature dishes capture the hearts of domestic and foreign tourists.
3. Madier popsicles
Winters that have not eaten popsicles outdoors at minus twenty degrees are incomplete. The most famous popsicle in Harbin is the Madier popsicle, not to mention the well-known Cultural Background of the Madier Hotel in China and abroad, only from the taste of "sweet but not greasy, fragrant in the ice", it is also worth tasting.
4. Crossway River Bread
The Yokodo River Bread is as big as a pot lid, as thin as paper, and has a strong taste. The dishes rolled in the tendon cake are almost all home-cooked dishes with local specialties, scrambled eggs with thorny old buds, the fresh tenderness of thorny old buds with the smoothness of stupid eggs; dry fried eleuthero leaves, local wild eleuthero leaves and the flour egg white fried on top are crispy and tender; special dried tofu, one of the specialties of Yokodo River, whether it is fried meat or with other vegetarian dishes can show its characteristics of gluten, thinness, toughness and freshness.
Shopping Recommendations:
Snow town "Fulu", Harbin red sausage, Qiulinger gas, Da Lieba bread, Harbin beer, Russian goods, etc., from ice and snow cultural and creative products to authentic Harbin cuisine, each of which is worth packing and bringing back to their hometown, so that distant relatives and friends can feel the charm of Heilongjiang ice and snow, taste the special food of Heilongjiang, and experience the customs and customs of Heilongjiang.
Snow Town "Fulu" series of cultural and creative dolls
Source: Department of Culture and Tourism of Heilongjiang Province